Yvonne

I can’t remember a time, even as a child, when I haven’t been passionate about books and reading.
I began blogging, when I realised just how many other people out there shared my passion for the written word and I have been continually amazed at the wealth of books that are available and the amount of great new friends I have made, from literally 'The Four Corners Of The World'.

Thanks for stopping by and commenting, your thoughts are always appreciated.

There is another great quote from earlier in the book, where Lacey refers to herself as being “Deaf with a capital D” and that, together with my first teaser line, is exactly how she lives her life … proud and unimpaired.

After the initial shock of finding out that she has a twin sister, I had thought that Lacey may have indeed gone for the whole bonding scenario. She does indeed go some way down that route, but she has now thrown an ultimatum into the equation, which could tear the two of them apart forever! I have a bad feeling about where this is all leading…..

I do not generally join in memes as I have enough trouble keeping up with my blogging activities without increasing them, however this is an interesting idea. You have also tempted me into adding this title to my wishlist. Thankyou also for your recent comment on my Book Review Blog, I hope you will call by again sometimes.

I do agree that just keeping up with making regular posts on my blog takes enough keeping up with, when I usually only manage to grab an hour or so of an evening in front of the PC.

I keep telling myself that I will hold back on participating in the memes, especially as there are just so many of them going around right now. I have selected just a few of the ones which seem particularly frequented by others with like minded views to my own and whose blogs I follow on a regular basis, that way it just feels like chatting with friends every so often.

I do not participate in all of my chosen memes every week, as I just can’t keep up with all the reading that’s needed to support that and also, I want my blogging to be fun, not stressful and something I need to do by rote.

I do like to meet new people though, so now that I have found your site, I shall stop by on a regular basis to see what’s new.

This book is well worth adding to your wishlist in my opinion. I have still not quite finished with it and there is much more to come in the way of retribution, emotion and closure, I’m sure. It really is a powerful and engrossing story and I hope that you enjoy reading it, if it ever gets to the top of your list.

‘My Sister’s Voice’ is definitely and intriguing and interesting read.

It has made me think about what it really must be like to live in the silent world of the Deaf person and how easy it must be to become isolated, almost like being forever on the outside looking in. Then you have to step back and realise that Deaf people don’t want pity or to be patronised, just a little understanding and consideration to help them along in the ‘hearing’ world. The author has done a great job of getting the subliminal messages across, without labouring the point, just enough to make the reader stop and think a little.

The story has more than enough twists and turns, with I suspect many more to come before I am finished, with it almost getting scary in places, when you see the myriad of emotions surfacing which threaten to overwhelm the protagonists, with seemingly disastrous consequences.

I think that the second of my teaser lines is probably the most intriguing, even more so now that I have read a few more pages and realise just how much of a ‘make or break’ statement this really is. It will be interesting to see just what Lacey’s sister Monica decides to do….

I love your teasers Yvonne! The book sounds really good. It is hard when reality comes crashing in on the things we have always believed no matter how trivial or large they are. I will add this to my list to read!

Thanks for taking the time and trouble to visit Fiction Books, it is great that you share your opinon with us all.

I think that your comments sum up the underlying message in this book quite nicely, although I have yet to discover the true reasons for the reality check, as Lacey herself has yet to learn the real facts about her childhood and is so far proving herself unable to control her feelings and emotions about the siuation.

My TBR pile has over 500 books in it (mostly although not exclusively fiction and remnants that I could not part with when I closed my small on-line bookstore – the other 1,000 went to charity), so I really don’t need to ever add another recommendation, although I am afraid that I just can’t resist!

On top of that there are the author and publisher requests to review, although thankfully most of those are delivered on PDF direct to my PC.

Then of course there are the kindle share books which my mother-in-law downloads to our account. I don’t use the kindle very often (I still prefer a ‘proper’ book) and was horrified when I finally fired it up the other day to see that I have nearly 50 items in my archive, available for me to read!!

HELP!!!

This book is from that kindle archive and was well worth taking time out to read, although this week has been so hectic that I now need a few quiet hours to finish it off, I can’t wait for the final outcome.